All Outputs (10)

What a load of rubbish: The impact of anthropogenic litter on urban freshwater diversity. (2025)
Journal Article
Milner, V. S., Hill, M. J., Gething, K. J., & Cunningham, S. B. (2025). What a load of rubbish: The impact of anthropogenic litter on urban freshwater diversity. Environmental Pollution, 373, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126097

The abundance of anthropogenic litter (AL) in aquatic environments is an increasing global problem. Most research on the effects of AL has focussed on marine environments, with research examining the ecological effects of AL in freshwater ecosystems... Read More about What a load of rubbish: The impact of anthropogenic litter on urban freshwater diversity..

Colonisation of terrestrial vegetation in an intermittent river: Diversity responses to seasonal drying (2022)
Journal Article
Milner, V. S., Dutton, J. S., & Hayes, C. (2022). Colonisation of terrestrial vegetation in an intermittent river: Diversity responses to seasonal drying. River Research and Applications, 39(4), 703-717. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4085

Intermittent rivers are dynamic ecosystems that experience a predictable or unpredictable loss of surface water and are characterised by changing lotic, lentic (ponding) and dry habitats. Plant communities colonising dry channels during the desiccati... Read More about Colonisation of terrestrial vegetation in an intermittent river: Diversity responses to seasonal drying.

The hyporheic zone as an invertebrate refuge during a fine sediment disturbance event (2022)
Journal Article
Milner, V. S., Jones, J. I., Maddock, I. P., & Bunting, G. C. (2022). The hyporheic zone as an invertebrate refuge during a fine sediment disturbance event. Ecohydrology, 15(6), Article e2450. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2450

Subsurface sediments offer an important refuge that support the survival and persistence of river invertebrates during adverse surface conditions. Access to refuges for invertebrates varies with differing hydrological and substrate characteristics, e... Read More about The hyporheic zone as an invertebrate refuge during a fine sediment disturbance event.

Pond ecology and conservation: research priorities and knowledge gaps (2021)
Journal Article
Hill, M. J., Greaves, H. M., Sayer, C. D., Hassall, C., Milin, M., Milner, V. S., Marazzi, L., Hall, R., Harper, L. R., Thornhill, I., Walton, R., Biggs, J., Ewald, N., Law, A., Willby, N., White, J. C., Briers, R. A., Mathers, K. L., Jeffries, M. J., & Wood, P. J. (2021). Pond ecology and conservation: research priorities and knowledge gaps. Ecosphere, 12(12), 22. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3853

Ponds are among the most biodiverse and ecologically important freshwater habitats globally and may provide a significant opportunity to mitigate anthropogenic pressures and reverse the decline of aquatic biodiversity. Ponds also provide important co... Read More about Pond ecology and conservation: research priorities and knowledge gaps.

Do legacy effects of deposited fine sediment influence the ecological response of drifting invertebrates to a fine sediment pulse? (2021)
Journal Article
Milner, V. S., Maddock, I. P., Jones, I., & Bunting, G. C. (2021). Do legacy effects of deposited fine sediment influence the ecological response of drifting invertebrates to a fine sediment pulse?. Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries, 83(4), 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-021-00825-4

The deposition of excess fine sediment and clogging of benthic substrates is recognised as a global threat to ecosystem functioning
and community dynamics. Legacy effects of previous sedimentation create a habitat template on which subsequent ecolog... Read More about Do legacy effects of deposited fine sediment influence the ecological response of drifting invertebrates to a fine sediment pulse?.

The ecological importance of unregulated tributaries to macroinvertebrate diversity and community composition in a regulated river (2018)
Journal Article
Milner, V. S., Yarnell, S. M., & Peek, R. A. (2018). The ecological importance of unregulated tributaries to macroinvertebrate diversity and community composition in a regulated river. Hydrobiologia, 829(1), 291-305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3840-4

In regulated rivers, dams alter longitudinal gradients in flow regimes, geomorphology, water quality and temperature with associated impacts on aquatic biota. Unregulated tributaries can increase biodiversity in regulated environments by contributing... Read More about The ecological importance of unregulated tributaries to macroinvertebrate diversity and community composition in a regulated river.

Characterising riverine landscapes; history, application and future challenges (2016)
Book Chapter
Milner, V., Gilvear, D. J., & Thoms, M. C. (2016). Characterising riverine landscapes; history, application and future challenges. In River Science Research and Management for the 21st Century (416). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118643525.ch12

River Science is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary field at the interface of the natural sciences, engineering and socio-political sciences. It recognises that the sustainable management of contemporary rivers will increasingly require new ways... Read More about Characterising riverine landscapes; history, application and future challenges.

Linkages between reach-scale physical habitat and invertebrate assemblages in upland streams (2015)
Journal Article
Milner, V. S., Willby, N. J., Gilvear, D. J., & Perfect, C. (2015). Linkages between reach-scale physical habitat and invertebrate assemblages in upland streams. Marine and Freshwater Research, 66(5), 438. https://doi.org/10.1071/mf14008

Determining the influence of physical habitat on biological structure in minimally disturbed settings is important if the effects of alterations to physical habitat are to be understood. This study tested whether reach-scale differences in physical h... Read More about Linkages between reach-scale physical habitat and invertebrate assemblages in upland streams.

Characterization of hydraulic habitat and retention across different channel types; introducing a new field-based technique (2012)
Journal Article
Milner, V. S., & Gilvear, D. J. (2012). Characterization of hydraulic habitat and retention across different channel types; introducing a new field-based technique. Hydrobiologia, 694(1), 219-233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1164-3

Understanding the interactions between physical habitat and aquatic biodiversity has become a key research objective in river management. River research and management practitioners are increasingly seeking new methodologies and techniques for
chara... Read More about Characterization of hydraulic habitat and retention across different channel types; introducing a new field-based technique.

An assessment of variants in the professional judgement of geomorphologically based channel types (2011)
Journal Article
Milner, V. S., Gilvear, D. J., & Willby, N. J. (2011). An assessment of variants in the professional judgement of geomorphologically based channel types. River Research and Applications, 29(2), 236-249. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.1593

River classification is a useful tool for researchers and managers wishing to organise, to simplify and to understand the forms and processes within freshwater systems. Many classifications require surveyors to classify reaches into specific channel... Read More about An assessment of variants in the professional judgement of geomorphologically based channel types.